By Len Lazarick [email protected] The commission studying changes to state pensions and retiree benefits will vote in two weeks on whether to recommend that the General Assembly and governor raise the retirement age, trim the cost of health insurance benefits,...
Month: November 2010
Parole and Probation Division doesn’t keep track of DUI interlock program, audit finds
By Megan Poinski [email protected] The ignition interlock program – designed to keep convicted drunk drivers off the road when intoxicated – was not adequately monitored by the Division of Parole and Probation, state auditors found in a report released...
Pension commission will vote on cutting benefits, COLAs
The commission studying changes to state pensions and retiree benefits will vote in two weeks on whether to recommend that the General Assembly and governor raise the retirement age, trim the cost of health insurance benefits, and eliminate cost-of-living increases for at least five years.
Casper Taylor Jr., the former speaker of the House of Delegates who heads the Public Employees’ and Retirees’ Benefit Sustainability Commission, said the goal is not just to make the pensions more sustainable in the long term, but to save $400 million to $500 million in the next fiscal year.
State Roundup, November 30, 2010
RACING IMPERILED: Live horse racing at Maryland's two main thoroughbred tracks, Laurel Park and Pimlico, was put into jeopardy after the state's racing commission yesterday rejected a proposal to run a diminished schedule that drew opposition from the thoroughbred...
Parole and Probation Division doesn’t keep track of DUI interlock program, audit finds
The ignition interlock program – designed to keep convicted drunk drivers off the road when intoxicated – was not adequately monitored by the Division of Parole and Probation, state auditors found in a report released Monday.
Judges were often not notified when drivers failed the tests.
Efforts for more open government brings divergent groups together
By Megan Poinski [email protected] Legislators and advocates on the right and left are often at odds on policy, but a conference next week will bring divergent groups together on something they can all agree on: the need for greater openness and transparency...
Efforts for more open government brings divergent groups together
Legislators and advocates on the right and left are often at odds on policy, but a conference next week will bring divergent groups together on something they can all agree on: the need for greater openness and transparency in government.
The Maryland Public Policy Institute, along with the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute, Progressive Maryland, and Community Research, are sponsoring a session Dec. 8 to discuss ways that the government can be more accountable to the people through increased disclosure of information.
State Roundup, November 29, 2010
BUDGET GAP: With the state budget problems deepening, Gov. Martin O'Malley will have to find new ways to fill the gaps that no one wants to sacrifice for, writes Barry Rascovar for the Gazette. EARMARK MORATORIUM: Paul West of the Sun reports that a moratorium on...
State Roundup, November 24, 2010
HARRIS CAMPAIGN WORKERS: Republican Congressman-elect Andy Harris and Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards, unlike other Maryland congressional candidates, did not provide health insurance, cover payroll taxes or pay for unemployment insurance for their campaign workers, a...
Bill introduced to end paperwork ‘nightmare’ created by new health care law
By Barbara Pash For MarylandReporter.com A controversial new federal law that begins to take effect in January would create a “paperwork nightmare” for thousands of Maryland businesses by drastically increasing the number of 1099 tax forms they have to file, business...
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